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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit. Hope you enjoy your stay. I blog here on Monday and Tuesday. This blog was created at the time my memoir came out, in February, 2009. Its motto was: creating a life of inner peace and self-acceptance from the depths of despair.

"ONLY ONE THING IS MORE FRIGHTENING THAN SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH, AND THAT IS NOT SPEAKING IT." Naomi Wolf

"We are called human beings, not human doings."

Wes Nisker, Buddhist teacher

"The way to do is to be."

Laotzu

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs..(And) if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly."

Theodore Roosevelt

Friday, April 27, 2012

You're going to laugh, but I am grateful for the TV program "Xena, Warrior Princess." Why? Because she was a powerful female role model in a world which has few of those. She knew who she was. She had physical strength as well as physical beauty. She wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. She could take care of herself, yet be tender and loving at the same time to others. Writing this, I need to channel my inner Xena. How about you?

Excellent role models!!!! I am going to challenge my inner Xena. Yes! I want to know exactly who I am and not be afraid of anything! I wish girls had more bodacious role models. eXceptional X post. *waving*

Karen, I think you KNOW from my posts that I totally need to channel Xena, Warrior Princess -thank you so much for that. And thanks for your comment on my last post - one thing I am learning/seeing so clearly as I go through this change is that we are all afraid of something - all of us. It's just something different - or sometimes we find someone whose fears are similar. It's so helpful when people just ante up that they are scared too, because it feels so much more supportive. We are all in this together- and you are so very welcomed and loved here, I believe.

Babygirl, yup!Annalisa, but Wonder Woman was a cartoon character superhero,so she didn't feel "real" to me. I know that makes no sense at all.Robyn, thanksTracy Jo, me, tooMelissa, you are very welcome and yes, we are all in this together. Altho' I wish I were in the RV with you guys traveling around!Heather and Amy, thanks

Alex, she sure was!Claudia, yup!Sia, yes, and there are so few of us (LOL)Tracy, yup!Anthony, I miss seeing herHolly, thanks so much for the hop and the commentSusan, oh yeah, I'd forgotten that - that would be way coolKate - lucky girl you have there - oh, I came to your blog and followed but couldn't leave a comment.Karen

"I quote Martha Graham on making dance: "It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions." Graham goes on to write to her friend Agnes DeMille that it is only her business to keep it uniquely hers. She understood that our lives are as individual as snowflakes. That we must, if we are artists -- hell, if we are human beings -- be focused only on the work, and letting go. The work, and letting go."

Dani Shapiro

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“Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world.

- Tom Clancy

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NM Book Award Finalist

Wow! Following the Whispers was a finalist for 2009 NM Book Awards, a statewide competition